In Designs of Darkness, Arthur M. Saltzman examines some of the
ways in which fiction has traditionally conspired to promote a
goal-oriented vision of the work of art-and explores the ways in
which postmodern (or postrealist) fiction consistently and
unavoidably subverts the clarity of this vision. Offering readings
of works by well-known authors, including Barthelme, Doctorow,
DeLillo, and Hakes, as well as works by lesser-known writers
(Auster, Gangemi), Saltzman concentrates on the breakdown of
epiphany in recent fiction, both as philosophical motive and as
structural foundation. In contemporary fiction, Saltzman contends,
ambiguities blossom far beyond our capacities to stabilize,
summarize, or restore them to sense. The old rules of the game-in
which a reader looking for truth can expect come sort of
satisfactory resolution-no longer apply. Literature now comes out
of the answerless. Designs of Darkness in Contemporary American
Fiction is a valuable new resource for scholars and students of
contemporary literature.
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